 All joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate;...  Select Essays of Dr. Johnson - Page 103by Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1750 - 228 pages
...calamities of others, is produced by an act of the imagination, that realifcs the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us for a time in the condition VoL. III. H of of him whole fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while the deception lafts, whatever... | |
 | M. S. - 1780 - 232 pages
...— or in the words of an elegant periodical writer, . * " Our paQions are therefore more " ftrongly moved, in proportion as we " can more readily adopt the pains or « pleafure propofed to our minds, b'y reJ* cognifing them at once our own, o^ ** confidcring them... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...calamities of others is .produced by an act of the imagination, that readies the event however ndlitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whofe fortune we contemplate; fo that we feel, while the deception lafts, whatevtr motions would be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realifes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whole fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while the deception lafts, whatever motions would be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realifes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whole fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while the deception lafts, whatever motions would be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realifes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whofe fortune we contemplate; fo that we feel, while the deception lafts, whatever motions would be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...of others is produced by an ac't of the imagination, that realifesr- the event, however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whofe fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while the deception lafts, whatever motions would be... | |
 | 1801 - 326 pages
...of others, is produced by an act of the imagination, that realifes the event however' fi£titious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him c 6 whofe whofe fortune we contemplate ; fo that we feel, while the .deception lafts, whatever motions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...be excited by the fame good or evil happening to ourfelves. Our paffions are therefore more ftrongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleafure propofed to our minds, by recognifing them as once our own, or confidering them as naturally... | |
 | 1806 - 346 pages
...calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination that realises the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us,...moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pain* er pleasure proposed to our minds, by recognising them as once our own, or considering them as... | |
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